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What do you think next week's theme should be?

Arcologies
Famous Landmarks
Interconnected Space Stations
Egyptian Tombs with event challenges
Theme Park

Author Topic: Wedge's Brick Party (BYOB) [Arcologies]  (Read 38173 times)

Also, proof-of-concept video!

I'll make a more comprehensive version of this Friday night when the build is complete.

Just want to say, this is a great server. It's sort of like a building hub where people can just stop by and check things out and contribute a bit. No major project and it's not a random freebuild. It's a great place to go if you feel like building but don't feel like starting something yourself.

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1Build-Your-Own Island FreebuildDownload
1The Ancient World Community Build (Round 1)Download
2City of the Future FreebuildDownload
2Southwest United States Community BuildDownload
3Underground FreebuildDownload
4Western FreebuildDownload
4The Ancient World Community Build (Round 2)Download

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More from week 1.


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Preview of the future themed build by SegFault.
« Last Edit: July 25, 2012, 11:11:46 AM by Wedge »

Are community builds things that get worked on once and a while over time opposed to weekly themed freebuilds? Would that mean ancient world will be continued some time in the future?

The Ancient World was a weekend program. Anything can run during a weekend program, so yes, the community build could be rehosted then, as well as previous freebuilds from other weeks, or anything else. It's also a good time to extend build contests into. The steam group decides what to run then every Friday evening.

I hope wild west wins.... also 3 pictures are broken.

I hope wild west wins.... also 3 pictures are broken.
It's because they're using https. I generally try and scrub it from posts for people with browsers that can't deal with it but I sometimes miss some because they load fine in my browser. It should be be fixed now. It's a side effect of using picassa and google docs as image hosts.

Which 3? Week 2 in the gallery doesn't have a picture by the way.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 01:21:51 AM by Wedge »

The save previews don't load because you forgot to set them to public.

Underground City and Dwarf Utopia are pretty much the same thing!

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« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 07:49:35 AM by Sumz »

Underground City and Dwarf Utopia are pretty much the same thing!
Oh yea, they are. Can you combine the votes for the two? I voted for dwarf utopia

The doors are finished and Wedge will put them on whenever he's ready.
Edit: Doors are made by me with emotional support from Rotondo.

http://i46.tinypic.com/nmcaol.png
http://i47.tinypic.com/3520rjm.png

Things to note:
- There are 2 versions of each of the 4 doors for clockwise and counter-clockwise opening.
- The doors are 6 bricks high, as opposed to 5. Read FAQ.
- They are bricks, not .dts shapes. They open on click and close automatically after 3 seconds.*
- Because they are bricks you can FX paint them if you want to.
- There are no events attached to them. They open the same way the treasure chest does.
- You can lock them by disabling raycasting.
- Due to an engine bug, you may get stuck while opening a door while standing on it.
- Also due to a BL bug/intentional design, face culling stops working when you open a door.

FAQ

WHY?
Because Wedge doesn't want JVS doors on his server. His reasons are his own. I just made some alternatives.

Why are they 6x high?
6x high is a better scale to real world doors. LEGO uses this scale for their new doors. You can put plates in front of the door without clipping. See picture.

But I want 5x high doors! (Not a question.)
We've talked to someone who might be making 5x high LEGO ones for later.

You can open the door through bricks! (Also not a question.)
I am limited in what I can do with this technique.
I tried methods to fix this. They were needlessly complex and caused other issues. I cannot idiot-proof everything.


*I can easily change them to click-to-close if people want. Of course then you'd end up with buildings full of open doors from lazy players.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 11:41:54 AM by Sumz »



The doors are finished and Wedge will put them on whenever he's ready.

Are you going to be releasing these at some point? They're awesome.

Maybe if people really want them. For now consider it an exclusive for Wedge's server.

Edit: http://i47.tinypic.com/3520rjm.png
« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 11:41:42 AM by Sumz »